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On Fire
- My Story of an Unbelievable Summer for English Cricket
- Narrated by: Luke Francis
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities
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Summary
Early evening on Sunday 14th July 2019. Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Something had just happened in the sport of cricket that had never happened before: England had won the Cricket World Cup for the very first time since the tournament's inception in 1975.
At the epicentre of England's historic triumph was Ben Stokes, the talismanic all-rounder with an insatiable appetite for The Big Occasion. He contributed an absolutely critical 84 runs off 98 balls when England batted, a seemingly nerveless innings of discipline and maturity. Thrillingly, it was enough to tie the scores at 241 runs each, so the match reverted to a Super Over - just six balls for each side to bat in the ultimate in sporting sudden death. Stokes and his batting partner, Jos Buttler, saw England to 15 runs off their over. When it was finally confirmed that Martin Guptill had been run out off the very last ball of New Zealand's Super Over with the scores once again level, England had astonishingly won on the boundary count-back, and the nation could finally breathe again.
Early evening on Sunday 25th August 2019. A sun-drenched Headingley in Leeds. Having been bowled out for just 67 earlier in the Third Test, England were facing the prospect of failing to regain the Ashes. In their second innings England were still 73 runs short of victory with a solitary wicket remaining. Australia were near certainties to retain the Ashes there and then. Cue one of the most amazing innings ever witnessed as Ben Stokes thrashed the Australian bowlers to all corners of the ground, in the process scoring 135 not out, driving England to a barely believable one-wicket victory and keeping the series very much alive. The nation took another breath.
In his brand-new book, Ben Stokes tells the story of England's electrifying first ever Cricket World Cup triumph as well as this summer's momentous Ashes Test series. It is the ultimate insider's account of the most nerve-shredding but riveting three-and-a-half months in English cricket history.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-12-19
An interesting insight.
If you're a cricket fan, and want to relive the memorable summer of 2019, then you'll love this book. the only slight issue is that the reader doesn't seem to know anything about cricket, as he mispronounces a lot of basic cricketing terms. other than that though, it's great.
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- Ashley Styring
- 22-12-20
it was all very good i recommend this one.
very good! i think more people should listen to this amazing thingy so good i am going to listen to it again and again and again! i love cricket so i decided to download this audiobook but it was too long for me so i had to split up my time
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- harvey84
- 05-05-20
Great listen
what a great listen about a truly great English cricket hero, would highly recommend to listen to this
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- J O.
- 13-04-20
Top Class
An excellent insight into last years amazing cricketing drama. A must listen for any sports fan
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-04-20
poor narration
really hampered by poor reading. Not only does the reader not sound anything approaching a north east accent he clearly hasn't a clue about cricket and often mispronounced various names and words.
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- Southamptonred
- 17-03-20
Great story
Loved the book reminder of fantastic summer, looking forward to the next one good stuff
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- Sean
- 01-12-19
Suoer Stokes' Super Story
I felt just as nervous listening to this as I did watching it all! A great recap of an unbelievable summer.